Unite said it is aware of a trial being held at a UK car maker to reduce the amount of unnecessary self-isolations, which it said industry leaders are keen to replicate to prevent UK manufacturing being crippled. The union has received notices from across industry, particularly the automotive sector, that a huge increase in the number of staff being advised to self-isolate by the NHS app is causing havoc on production lines.
Meanwhile, manufacturing union Unite has warned that test and trace app isolation warnings are on the "verge of shutting" factories across the UK. It said several shifts at Nissan had been cancelled in recent weeks, with the carmaker forced to send entire teams home, costing the factory hundreds of cars in lost work. Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the Nissan plant earlier this month (Image: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire) The news today first emerged in a Financial Times report that the Delta variant of coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the car industry in general, claiming that more than 700 workers at Nissan were self isolating, a figure the car maker reportedly denied. Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the plant earlier this month after the announcement that the Japanese car giant was to manufacture a new electric model model and build an electric battery factory there. "The wellbeing of our team is our number one priority and we remain confident in the rigorous safety controls we have on site." The spokesperson said: “Production in certain areas of the plant has been adjusted as we manage a number of staff being required to self-isolate following close contact with Covid-19.
Read more: 'Get jabbed now' plea as South Tyneside Covid case rate is highest in the country Hundreds of Nissan workers at the car giant's Sunderland plant are off work, self-isolating after coming into contact with someone with Covid-19.ĭue to the high numbers affected, the company has had to make changes to how the factory is run.Ī Nissan spokesperson said the company couldn't confirm the exact number who are having to stay home and self-isolate, but that it ran into the hundreds at a plant with a workforce of about 6,000.
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